On a darkened stage, a lone male dancer stands atop a table. As he slowly raises one arm above his head, a pin spot traces ...

The Kennedy Center’s Opera House stage is brimming with the poise and beauty of the celebrated Mariinsky Ballet dancing their classic, full-length production of “Giselle” Thursday through Sunday. The ...

Some performances become legendary even before they begin. Kim Ki-min’s *Boléro* was one such case. In the Béjart Ballet ...

He drew on Russian literature for his stage works and was an eager experimenter, inspired by folk tales, religious mysticism and melodrama. By Jonathan Kandell Among the 20th century’s most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vladimir Shklyarov, seen in the Mariinsky Ballet Theatre's production of George Balanchine's "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux," has died.

Many contemporary audiences find classical ballet culture alienating, but the Mariinsky Ballet’s rendition of “Paquita” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts pushed the form of dance ...

The Mariinsky Ballet finally arrived on the East Coast of the United States 118 years after its initial apparition in a revival of “Raymonda,” a classical piece of the Russian ballet repertoire, at ...

Carmen was created as a vehicle for Maya Plisetskaya, the great Soviet ballerina who died in 2015, and it needs someone of her magnetism to redeem it from the hokiness of choreography and concept.

Vladimir Shklyarov, who impressed ballet audiences as a principal dancer with Russia's prestigious Mariinsky Ballet Theatre, has died. He was 39. Shklyarov died "tragically" Saturday, the Mariinsky ...